Folding table



UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE ]'olding tables are k110vvn, the table tO of vvhich vvhen It in use forms a b0x for taklng the table legs 3 I1(1 1)0Ssibly lS0 arti(...les Suc11 aS folding chairs.

Such tables are open to the objecti0l1 that they sg in the 1Tliddle, vvhen the table is llfted by its top. It has been endeavoured t0 0verc0Ine this objection by inserting clamps from below 10 0nt0 the adj0ining edges in the middle.

Ihe Present invention iS based on the ide that the b0ve Inentioned dravvback can Ilot be redressed by 1ens of Special clamps 0I' Similal' devices, but onl by suitably fashioning the leg ends svvivela ly fastened on the fr0nt arts of the box.

`0I' this urpose the legs arranged on each hlf of the box and Svvivelble in con1non are connected by Ineans of rod. Ihese legs are eccentrically linked to the inner side 0f the front parts of the b0x by bea1'ing shields, vvhich, vhen the legs re in POSition fol' I1Se, reSt aginst the under Side 0f the table tOP and at the same time gainSt the inside of the Inent of the i 1yenti0n is illllstrated by vvay 0f example Fig. 1is 8 view from below of the unfolded table Fig. 2 Shows in to lan view of th9 folded tble the tble plate removed.

Iegs 1 ar( attached to plates 3 piv0tlly mounted on the inside of the box frame 2 and 3 enlarged tovvards thei!"base, their ivot being placed outside 0f the 10ngitudina1 axis of the legs 1 towards the Iniddle 0f the box.

Thus the 1)lates 3 fornl 9' Support for the tbIe top and rest I10t only ginSt the t01) but ls0 gainst the front prt of the box.

:B8ch Pail' 0f legs is coupled by Ineans of a connecting rod 4 thus ermitting the siInultaneous sv7ivelling of each Pair of legs, Said 46 legs vvhen turned down securely ll01(1ing The` airs of legs 1 arE cOnneced to each other bybovvs 5 vvhich are COInp0sed of sev- 50 eral arts. lh(... ponnection betveen the legS 1 nd thebows 5 is eected by shiftable Sleeves 6' Iclaim:

1. A f01ding tble, C0Inprising in combination vvith piv0table legs, a table tO C0mp0sed of tvv0 hingedly connected afts in b0x Sh e ad ted t0 abc0mmodate the f0lded legs,and 0thel' articles uch aS folding Chairs, an(1 bows vvith Sleeve-1ike ter!lliIlals for Connecting'the 0ne vvith the other the legs 0Il the long sides of the table, Said bow being directe(1 transversely t0 the hinge axis df the tw0 box-Shaped top parts in the extended 0Sition of the table.

2. A f0lding table asspecified in Clim 1 C0n1prising in c0111bination vith the b0 Shaped hingedly connected top halves and the )iv0t1ly nlounted legs, )lates )ivotally Inounted one in each outer corner in the b0 ha ed top halves each late Serving as ivot foI' one leg each plate enlarged S0 that the 

